Stream insects as passive suspension feeders: Effects of velocity and food concentration on feeding performance

Oecologia

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 145-153

  Finelli, Christopher M ^a,b   Hart, David D ^a   Merz, Rachel Ann ^c  

^a ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^c SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic pelagic coupling; Black fly; Hydrodynamics; Streams; Suspension feeding

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; VELOCITY;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM; SIMULIUM VITTATUM;

EID: 0036932368     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-001-0852-x     Document Type: Article

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